Hackmatack 2017 Winners Announced

Hackmatack Announces the Winners of the 2017 Awards The winners of the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award 2017 were announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 5 at the Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Vivien Gorham, the author of Touch of Gold, was the winner in the English fiction category. Joel A. Sutherland received the English non-fiction award for his book Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories. The winner of the French fiction category was Maxim Cyr for Victor et Igor : Robotique 101. Sylvie Roberge received the award in French non-fiction for her book Le vol TS-236.

Touch of Gold is the story of a shy 13-year-old girl named Jamie who moves with her mom to rural Nova Scotia after her parents’ divorce. She forms a bond with a neglected horse, and gets drawn into the exciting world of competitive horseback riding. Touch of Gold is Vivien Gorham’s first novel. Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories contains more than 25 terrifying new tales of ghostly encounters and mysterious phenomena that are guaranteed to keep kids across the country awake and screaming. His book Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terror won the Hackmatack English non-fiction award last year.